The ∂-stabilization of a Heegaard splitting with distance at least 6 is unstabilized

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Abstract

Let M be a compact orientable 3-manifold with ∂M connected. If V ∪S W is a Heegaard splitting of M with distance at least 6, then the ∂-stabilization of V ∪S W along ∂M is unstabilized. Hence M has at least two unstabilized Heegaard splittings with different genera. The basic tool is a result on disk complex given by Masur and Schleimer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)557-562
Number of pages6
JournalChinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B
Volume35
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014

Keywords

  • Distance
  • Heegaard splitting
  • Stabilization

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